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Heiko Schrader (born April 8, 1958 in Hagen, Germany) is a retired German sociologist. He taught macrosociology at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg until April, 2024, on topics of social change, economic sociology, urban sociology, development sociology and peace and conflict research and is still teaching, doing research and publishing.

Heiko Schrader 2024

Biography

Schrader studied at the University of Bielefeld, graduating with degrees in economics (1982) and sociology (1984) and received his doctorate in sociology from Hans-Dieter Evers in 1988. He obtained doctoral funding from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation . He was then funded by the German Research Council for his habilitation (higher PhD) and was awarded the Venia Legendi for sociology, in particular economic sociology and social anthropology, in 1994.

Until 1997, he held various staff positions in sociology of development in Bielefeld and then obtained a Professorship of Economic Anthropology at St. Petersburg State University, Russia, in order to develop the subject and write a Russian textbook on economic anthropology. In 1999, he accepted a position at Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, as a university reader in the field of macro sociology. He got an associate professor after six years.

He was head of the Center for Transformation Research (ZTF) at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg and chariman for the section of Sociology and Social Anthropology of the German Sociological Association (2004–2006), head of the Department of Sociology (2009-2012 and 2013–2015), interim course director of the MA in Peace and Conflict Studies (2016–2017), and member of the faculty council.

Research

Heiko Schrader's research interests lie in the regions of South and Southeast Asia as well as in the post-socialist area (Russia, Central Asia). Thematically, economic and socio-political transformation processes form the bracket. For his doctorate in 1985, he spent 10 months in Nepal researching the adaptation of traditional salt-rice traders to the occupation of Tibet by China. The research topic of his habilitation was the transformation of the informal financial system in Indonesia and India (1991–1994). In St. Petersburg, he then turned his attention to the topic of post-socialist transformation into a market economy. In contrast to the concept of transition used in political science, an institutional system change, he, like other sociologists at the Institute , based on the path dependency theorem of Douglas C. North, took the view that the systemic transformation from formerly socialist to capitalist societies takes much longer than assumed by political advisors, because although formal market institutions are newly created, informal institutions continue to exist in people's actions and behavior. The reason for this is, in particular, the socialization of economic subjects, who do not automatically adopt the institutions created by capitalism. Schrader's research is therefore concerned with institutions and the actions of economic subjects.

In 2000, then carried out research into the clientele of pawnshops - a topic that was largely unexplored, and not only there. This showed that this often includes self-employed people with irregular incomes, such as artisans, who are able to bridge shortages of cash in this way. Subsequently, together with Eckhard Dittrich and Christo Stoyanov, research was carried out on the situation and consolidation of small entrepreneurs in Russia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic (2002–2004). The research showed that there is a lack of evolution from micro to small and medium-sized enterprises, as micro-entrepreneurs lack the entrepreneurial spirit and tend to see themselves as craftsmen who earn enough to survive. Another study with Eckhard Dittrich and three teams in Central Asia dealt with a household survey in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (2013–2015) on the topic of whether and how households had arrived in the market economy, i.e. whether they had taken on self-responsibility in the market. This showed that kinship security networks continue to exist and are maintained despite the market economy, while market-based institutions such as banks and business loans are often avoided. Methodologically, quantitative and qualitative methods were mostly combined, with the focus of the analysis being on qualitative interviews.

In addition to this larger-scale research, he conducted several teaching research projects with students on life and economic activity in slums in cooperation with the University of Mumbai, the NIE in Mysore and the BVIEER in Pune. This was followed by teaching research with Kathmandu University on the topic of class-specific coping with the major earthquake of 2015. Finally, two teaching research projects were carried out in cooperation with the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek on the topic of gender-based violence.

Scientific Development

As a partner, Heiko Schrader was involved in three EU cooperation projects: TALENT Master Program Development for HRM in six Central Asian universities; EIGER (European Integration and Employment Relations) Master Programm Development in three Georgian universities; and PERSEUS (Plan to Establish Research Science Enterprise Oriented Universities for the benefit of Society) with universities in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan He has taught as a visiting professor at the Eurasian University in Astana and at Al-Farabi University in Almaty, at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, at Saint Petersburg State University and at the University of Mumbai. Heiko Schrader was also Foreign PhD Supervisor at two Kazakh universities as part of the Presidential Program.

Publications

Heiko Schrader published 13 monographs and anthologies and more than 50 journal and book articles. His work lies at the intersection of theory and empiricism. Many of his articles are available OpenAccess on ResearchGate.

Monographs (Selection):

(2024). Sozialer Wandel. Einsichten. Themen der Soziologie. Transkript UTB. ISBN 978-3-8252-6238-9 e ISBN 978-3-8385-6238-4 doi:10.36198/9783838562384 Book Webpage

(2015). When Salary is not Enough. Private Households in Central Asia. Gesellschaftliche Transformationen 20. Mit Eckhard Dittrich, Hrsg. Münster: LIT. ISBN 3-643-90525-4; ISBN 978-3-643-90525-3 Book webpage

(2000). Lombard Houses in St. Petersburg. Pawning as a Survival Strategy of Low Income Households? Münster: LIT. ISBN 3-8258-5109-5. Book webpage

(1997). Changing Financial Landscapes in India and Indonesia. Sociological Aspects of Monetization and Market Integration. Market, Culture and Society 2. Münster: LIT. 978-3-8258-2641-4 Book Webpage

(1988) Trading Patterns in the Nepal Himalayas. Bielefelder Studien zur Entwicklungssoziologie 39. Saarbrücken: Breitenbach. ISBN 3-88156-405-5, 9783881564052 Book webpage

Charitable Work

Since 1986, Heiko Schrader has been chairman of the charitable association "Lebenshilfe für notleidende Menschen in Indien e.V.", which carries out fundraising for the Hope Project Nizamuddin in Delhi.

External links

• Prof. Dr. Heiko Schrader